Ancient Petra

Description
Cote TFA-372A
Fonds Travelogue
Titre Ancient Petra
Durée 00:10:07
Date de production 1953
Mot clé Lieux : Jordanie
Son Sonore
Résumé An educational film about ancient Petra in Jordan.
Description Keywords:
1950, Jordan, Petra, ruins, steps, caves, temples, facades, tombs, Greek and Egyptian influenced carvings, sculptures, Roman architecture, gorge, Al-Khazneh, columns, flowers

Notes:
Petra is a famous archaeological site in Jordan's southwestern desert. Dating to around 300 B.C., it was the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom. Accessed via a narrow canyon called Al Siq, it contains tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs, earning its nickname, the "Rose City." Perhaps its most famous structure is 45m-high Al Khazneh, a temple with an ornate, Greek-style facade, and known as The Treasury.